Educated at Washington & Lee University, Robbins was responsible for the lyrics to Washington & Lee Swing, a college song composed by Mark Sheafe. He became a contributor to the pulp magazines of the time, usually in the eerie and grotesque. He became a regular in such editions as All-Story Weekly and Munsey periodicals. Much of his work is no longer in print, which is a real shame since he was an excellent and stylish writer. In 1934, he married Naomi Kathleen Adamson. During the 1930s, they emigrated to France. During the Nazi occupation he ended up in a concentration camp and was held until the end of the war. He died in 1949 in the lovely coastal village of St. Jean-Cap-Ferrat. His works include Mysterious Martin (1912), The Unholy Three (1917), Safe and Sane (1918), Silent, White and Beautiful, and Other Stories (1920), Who Wants a Green Bottle? And Other Uncanny Tales (1926), In the Shadow (1929) and The Master of Murder (1933). |
